Album



June' 14,1927. 1,632,002" A. W. ENGEL V ALBUM Filed Auz. 10. 1925 array l UNITE? PATENT OFFI E.

Patented June 14, 1927.

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Appl1cation 1l led'hnggt 10, 1 9 25." Serial-1N0. 4 9,272.

The purpose of this invention is to-pro; vide an improved meansfor mounting 'pictures, clippings and the like Jarticularly a binder 'orjalbum. It consists of certain features and elements of construction in combination as herein shown and described and asindicatedbythe claims. a

i *In the drawings I Figure 1 is a face view of a sheet-suitable for'use as the leaf of an album constructed in accordance with this invention, and showing pictures mounted upon it'bymeans of my improved system.

Figure 2 is a detail section on an enlar 'e scale taken substantially as indicated at ine 2 -2 onFigure 1.

' Figure?)- is a detailsection showing a part of the structure of Figure 2 on astill larger .scale. i

t Figure 4 isa detail view showings. modified arrangement of the mounting means.

.Figure5is a detail view'illustrating another modificationof the mounting means.

' Figure 6 is a perspective view of a gummed fastener for use infaccordance with'this invention. i I

Figure 7 is a perspective 'view'ofan ornamental fastener of the type shov'vnfin Figure 4.

' VVhile my invention is Shown as applied to an album leaf, it may'beun'derstood that niany'features of the-invention maybe used with any separate mounting sheet upon which pictures, clippings or the lik ear'e to be displayed. In Figure 1 the album leaf is indicated at 1 and is fo r'med with a plurality of slits,'2, cut in various groupings and arrangements determined with a view toconvenience and for adapting the'xleafto serve as a mount for pictures of various sizes. Some .of the slits, 2,ar'e shown as separate, while others are groupedin'pairs, eitheriin Ii-shaped or crossedarrangement. Since most pictures are rectan'gular in outline, I

* "havesliown anth slits-extending. partners the 1 sides or ends of the {rectangular sheet, 1, "but it' may be understood that oblique ar 'rangements of the slits .would' comewithin 'the scope of this invention.

Throughout the drawings {a I pi cture (which maybe in the nature of a photographic prmt) is indicatedat 3- and the gummed paper fasteners bywliich :thelpictures are mounted are shown at 4; "Each fastener is'in the form of a 1 short stri of materialfgummed on one=surface and fo ded atabout the middleof its length, seen in Figure'G; This strip is inserted in one of the slits,-2,with its line of fold substantially coinciding with the slit, so that one 'gummed leaf of the fastener is presented at of the sheet, 1, and the other leaf at the posit-e side.

one side The-gummed surface is moistened and pressed into contact with the back side ofthe picture, 3, so that by the use of be secured definitely in position on the al bum leaf, 1. In a similar manner another plcture is'sec-ured to the opposite face of the leaf, 1', by attachment to the other halves of the fastener,4, extending through the slits, 2.

apoc'ket is formed between the picture, 3 3 and the leaf,1, the middle'fastener, 4, at the lower edge of the picture forming a bottom for the'pocket, and'the pocket being *up- W'ardly open along the upper edge,5,' of the picture. For photographic workthis provides a very convenient pocket for holding 4 the negativefilm from which'theprint, '3,

has been made, while the identifies'the negative. This method of use is found illustrated in the sectional views at are shown mounted in Figuresfl and 3 in which negatives A and B pockets at both sides of the -album leaf, 1, un*der their respective These sectional views clearly-indicate the interlocking of the fas- -teners,' 4,' with the sheet, 1, by their en- .gagernent'infthe slits, 2, of thesheet.

' '--Z[n-the upperright hand corner of Figure 1 l have illustratedthe use of an ornamental "niounton mat for a picture, such mat being ="shown" at 6 as a Sheet "of mounting material slightly larger area than the picture, 3 and having slits *which register" with the picture so that the fasteners, 4, extend through f ese slits as well as four-or more of the fasteners a picture-may print itself readily through slits, 2, in the album leaf, 1. This mat sheet, 6, is included in the sectional views in Figures 2 and 3.

As a modified form of fastener Figure 7 shows a device, 7, which may be out in ornamental form, as with one diagonal edge and projecting tabs, 7,, and which is folded so that its gummed surfaces face inwardly instead of outwardly. This type of fastener 15 also used with my improved album leaf by inserting it through one of the slits, 2, ,as shown in Figure 4-, and also in the lower'left hand corner of Figure 1 The gummed-surface of the fastener will, of course, adhere to the outer surface of the picture at its corner and may also besecured to the face of the sheet 1.,' The tabs, 7, may be tucked under the edges of the picture, as shown in Figure 1, or may be lapped over these edges, as shown in Figure 1 with the corner ofthe picture itself overlapping the diagonal edge of the fastener. Or, if preferred, the fastener may be cut in the-form shown in Figure 5 without any projecting tabs but merely having an oblique or diagonal edge giving an ornamental effect when the picture, 8, is secured to the leaf, 1, with the fastener overlapping the picture. If desired the fastener may be rendered less conspicuous by making it of transparent material such as celluloid so that the picture will show through it as indicated in Figure 5.

I claim 1. The combination of a mounting sheet formed with a. slit, a sheet to be mounted. and a fastener of sheet material, gummed on one surface and folded, engaged in the slit with its line of fold substantially co-incident therewith and with its gummed surface at one side of the fold secured to the sheet to be mounted.

2. In. the combination defined in claim 1, the portion of the fastener at the other side of its fold being presented through the slitat the other side of the mount for attachmen't to a second sheet to be mounted. I

3. In the combination defined in claim 1, the folded fastener being gummed only on one surface and set in the slit with its gummed surface facing outward away from the mount.

4. The combination of a mounting sheet formed with a plurality of slits, fasteners of sheet material each gummed on only one surface and folded and each engaged in one of the slits with its line of fold substantially co-incident therewith and with its gummed surface facing outward away from the mount, and a sheet to be mounted secured to the outwardly facing gummed surface of said fasteners and retained in positionby tgnz engagement of said fasteners and the s 1 s.

5. Inthe combination-defined inclaim 4, the slits in which said fasteners are engaged being disposed in line with a plurality of adjacent edges of the sheet to be mounted but leaving at least one edge of said sheet without such fasteners whereby the mounted sheet forms a pocket on the mount open at the unattached edge.

V 6. In the combination defined in claim 4, the sheet to be mounted being rectangular and the slits in which the fasteners are en gaged being disposed adjacent three edges thereof, whereby a fourthedge is left unattached to the mount to provide a pocket behindthe sheet which is mounted thereon.

7. The combination of a mounting sheet formed with a plurality of slits, fasteners of sheet material, each gummed on only one surface and folded, each engageclin one of the slits with its line of fold substantially co-incident'therewi'th and with its gummed areas at opposite sides of the fold, facing outwardly away from the opposite sides of the mounting sheet respectively, together with two sheets to be mounted, one secured to the gummed surfaces of the fasteners at one side of the mounting sheet and the other secured to the gummed surface presented at the other side of said sheet.

'8. In the combination defined in claim 7 said sheets to be mounted being rectangular and the slits engaged by the fasteners being all disposed adjacent three edges of said sheet, whereby a fourth edge of each sheet is left unattached to form a pocket.

9. The combination of a mounting sheet formed with a plurality of slits arranged in spaced relation to each other in parallel rows, :1 sheet to be mounted and a plurality of fasteners of-sheet material, each gummed on one-surface and folded, engaged in the slits with their lines of fold substantially coincident therewith and with their gummed surfaces secured to the sheet to be mounted.

10. The combination of a mounting sheet formed with a plurality of slits in parallel rows and additional slits perpendicular thereto, and fasteners of sheet material each gummed on one surface and folded, adapted for insertionin the slits, each with its line of fold substantially co-incident with a slitforpresentmga gummed surface at either side of the mounting sheet to secure a sheet to be mounted.

11. In combination with a mounting sheet formed with a. slit and a sheet to be mounted,

a. fastener in the form ofa strip of sheet materialwhosewidth is substantially equal to the length of the slit, said strip being gummed on one side and folded transversely between its ends whereby it may be entered m the slitwith its lateral edges checked by .1 the ends of the slit and with its line of fold substantially co-incident therewith, presentmg gummed surfaces at both sides of the mounting sheet forv attachment to a sheet to be mounted thereon.

12. The combination of a mounting sheet a piece of sheet material at the other side formed with a slit, a sheet to be mounted, of the fold, whereby it is anchored in the V and a fastener of sheet material gummed on slit. 7 one surface and folded, engaged in the slit- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set with its line of fold substantially coincident my hand. at Chicago, Illinois, this 21 day of therewith, the gummed surface of the fas- November,1923. v tener at one side of the fold being secured to the sheet to be mounted and being secured to ALBERT W. ENGEL. 

